The CRTC is asking the public to weigh in on its review of its policies relating to certified independent productions funds (CIPFs).

The regulator announced in this spring’s Let’s Talk TV decisions it intended to review CIPFs, which include bodies such as the Shaw Rocket Fund and the Independent Production Fund. The largest of these certified funds is the Canadian Media Fund (CMF). Under the current system, the CMF and these other certified funds receive financing from BDUs and other sources, such as tangible benefits packages and the federal government.

In a call for comments issued earlier this week, the regulator invited interested parties to comment on a series of 30 questions ranging across six topics, including how CIPFs can best contribute to a changing TV system, the criteria used to deem a fund “certified,” how the funds are governed and if CIPFs should be required to submit reports to the CRTC about how funds are distributed.

Overall, the goal of the review and any subsequent changes is meant to provide CIPFs with greater flexibility to fund Canadian programs, and support production that can be competitive both domestically and globally, the CRTC said in the notice. The commission is accepting comments until Dec. 18, 2015, and will accept replies to submitted comments until Jan. 8, 2016. The full notice and list of questions can be found here.